A fit and agile pensioner died from injuries caused when he was hit by a van in an accident filmed on two bendy bus CCTV cameras.

A fit and agile pensioner died from injuries caused when he was hit by a van in an accident filmed on two bendy bus CCTV cameras. John Morris Allardyce, 77, was on the light-controlled crossing at the Vale in Larden Road, Acton, with his dog at 6.30 am on March 6 last year when he was struck by bread-delivery driver Fitzgerald Case. He died in a hospice six months later prosecutor Jonathan Wright told a jury at Isleworth Crown Court. Case, 36, of Stonebridge Road, South Tottenham, denies causing the death on September 19 of Mr Allardyce. The full drama of the incident was caught on CCTV carried by both buses, one travelling east and the other west. By the time the white transit van, driven by Case, struck Mr Allardyce on the crossing as he emerged from in front of one bus, the two buses were immediately opposite each other, one in a stop bay. Mr Allardyce was taken to hospital with a head injury but died of broncho-pneumonia associated with the injury, six months later. "He did regain consciousness but, unfortunately, died on September 19," said counsel. Case was questioned by police at the scene and claimed that the crossing lights were green in his favour when he noticed Mr Allardyce on the crossing. Mr Wright said: "He braked, skidded and swerved to the right to avoid him but clipped him with the left aspect of his vehicle." Police later examined the CCTV from both buses and claim the lights for traffic were red for eight seconds before the impact. It is also said that at the point when the lights changed from green to amber, they would have been visible to the defendant as he drove westbound. "Thereafter, both buses effectively obscured his view of the lights. But there came a time when he could again see the red lights." However, also clear on the video shown to the court was a blue Mondeo coming in the opposite direction with two wheels over the centre line, which nearly collided with the van and causing it to take evasive action. "The Mondeo overtook between the two buses, presenting an on-coming hazard to Mr Case approaching in his van," said Mr Wright. He added: "The van had to move sharply left to avoid the Mondeo and then to the right to avoid the rear of the bus which was in the bus-stop." The driver of the Mondeo has never been traced. The trial continues